Pictures!

[compuwade]

Here's my latest. It's my second etch.

[Taylor]

Cool. Where'd you get those switches? I've been looking for a toggle like that. The stomp looks different than the usual too.

[philbinator1]

Beautiful etch, compuwade...can't wait to get into etching droooool   

[compuwade]

Cool. Where'd you get those switches? I've been looking for a toggle like that. The stomp looks different than the usual too.

Thanks! I bought the toggle at Radio Shack and only used it because it was all I had. It's quite large and will only fit in larger enclosures.
The stomp is an SPST switch I found at the local frys. I'm not sure how durable it will be, but it seems pretty well built. This is pretty much the only circuit you can use this type of stomp with unless you have a flip flop switching circuit.

Beautiful etch, compuwade...can't wait to get into etching droooool   

Thanks...if you do I'd recommend you do a reverse etch. It's much easier to paint the whole enclosure and scrap the rasied letters than it is to paint the recessed letters. I would have rather had a background color and painted letters, but nothing I tried worked very well so I stuck with a bare metal background.

[John Lyons]

"Ram's Head" Big Muff

[deadastronaut]

john , that is such a neat and tidy gut shot..steady hands make neat work......nice hammer finish too...

i love the way the led just pokes through without a holder..great stuff!...

what goes on the back of the pots or pcb to stop it shorting out?...

also i thought you would have to use sheilded wire on the input with hi gain stuff!..


just noticed the earth on the output..good idea..use the box..excellent.

[John Lyons]

what goes on the back of the pots or pcb to stop it shorting out?...
I use an industrial rubberized double stick padding to secure the board
to the back of the pots.

also i thought you would have to use sheilded wire on the input with hi gain stuff!..
The wires are pretty short, and the BM isn't that high gain really, just a lot of clipping.

Thanks for the compliments.

[knealebrown]

just noticed the earth on the output..good idea..use the box..excellent.

ive always connected my sleeve on the output to ground, i thought thsis was standard procedure? Can you explain to a noob why you left yours unterminated john? btw your work is floorless as always. 

[John Lyons]

I make the ground connection through the box.
The input jack is bolted to the box. There is one connection
to the DC jack from the sleeve of the the input jack. This
ground the box. If I ran another wire from the input jack
sleeve to the sleeve of the output jack there would be two
connections/paths to ground, possible causing a ground loop.
It may not be a problem but I just use the box to ground the
output jack anyway.
Plus it saves a wire. 

[Steve Mavronis]

I make the ground connection through the box. The input jack is bolted to the box. There is one connection to the DC jack from the sleeve of the the input jack. This ground the box.

Great work as always John. I want to pick up on what you said here. Depending which jack was closest to the DC jack, would there be any difference to run the ground wire to the output jack instead of the input jack, if it were closest to the DC jack? The first pedals I'm building have the DC jack next to the output jack and both the input and output jacks are grounded to the enclosure with lock washers to hold them tight. I probably should have placed the DC jack on the other side in retrospect.

[Magnus]

Hello together,

pretty awesome pcb!  

Thank you!

I was going to ask why you don't use angled (45 degree) corners in your trace patterns, since it's supposed to be better for the circuit flow. I see now that you are using other people's patterns like the frequency central "Murder One" PCB above. But I remember your own DOD 250 clone PCB layout has 90 degree corners too.

I don't use others layouts often, but I see it as a tribute for frequencycentral  

hey Magnus,
have you ever thought about building a guitar top with that maple plane under your PCB?
it looks nice... Smiley


Nice PCB BTW...

Thank you!

You will laugh for sure - it is my laminated floor in my room  

@roseblood11:
Great work - you know  

@compuwade:
Cool pedal, I love etchings  

@John Lyons:
Wow, beautifull pedal and guts  


Greetings
Magnus

[John Lyons]

Depending which jack was closest to the DC jack, would there be any difference
to run the ground wire to the output jack instead of the input jack, if it were closest to the DC jack?

Either way will work fine.

[knealebrown]

Thanks John,

Ruby amp anyone?....i know, i know! the decals are off  still, its what it sounds like thats important 

[Electric Warrior]

MKII Tone Bender clone:

[lazerphea]

My first "full-optional" pedal: an MXR Dist +







Thanks to everyone who helped me!!

[darron]

My first "full-optional" pedal: an MXR Dist + ]

Thanks to everyone who helped me!!

looks really neat. you should be happy with it.

the next build will need the obligatory gut shot too..... (:

[arma61]

Good job Paolo!

despite it's black it looks very shining!

Ciao

[paulyy]

First build using a pcb I made my self. Ignoir the ball of wires

[yeeshkul]

"Ram's Head" Big Muff

John, that is a beautiful job! Well done, real pleasure to look at - it has got something realy pro&clean in it. Hot glue blobs work fine as the isolation as well. Recently i had one pedal for repair here - the tape got eventually penetrated ... however it is probably very unusual problem.

[philbinator1]

Does this count?  My first use of PnP blue, left to right: tonepad wah, tonepad Dist+, Gaussmarkov BSIAB2 and
Gaussmarkov Dr. Boogey.  I did 2 at a time.



Left to right: tonepad wah, tonepad Dist+, Gaussmarkov BSIAB2 and Gaussmarkov Dr. Boogey.  I did 2 at a time.
Only had to do minimal touching up, as opposed to a 1/2 hour mission with the photo paper/magazine paper.

Pity about the lighting quality, haven't figured out how to take a good photo with lights.  
Might wait for daylight next time!   Quite pleased with the results though, will etch tomorrow.